In his worst start of the season, the Braves tagged Max Scherzer for seven runs over six innings. At the time, it seemed like textbook decision-making from Baker, a three-time Manager of the Year who can’t seem to shake his reputation for having one of the slowest hooks in the game, a rep that has stuck with him ever since his days in Chicago, when promising young Cubs starters Mark Prior and Kerry Wood ran into arm trouble under Baker’s watch. As it turns out, the decision to leave Scherzer dangling out there Wednesday was none other than Scherzer’s. Standing in front of his locker after what finished as an 8-2 loss, Washington’s $210 million dollar man, whose workaholic reputation precedes him, explained the method to his madness: “With the postseason coming into play, with an extra day coming up, I asked, and we thought it would be a good idea to try to get me into 120, 115, 110 pitch count tonight. I thought that would help benefit me going forward and then looking ahead into the postseason, to pitch with some extra fatigue. Usually, I've been able to do that in the past. But because of all the little injuries I've been dealing with, I haven't really been able to get past 100 pitches for quite a while.” Read more http://www.espn.com/blog/washington...ung-hell-have-himself-and-the-braves-to-blame
